energyresolving
Energyresolving refers to the capability of a detector, sensor, or analytical method to determine the energy of individual quanta or signals, with a characterizable energy resolution. In spectroscopy and particle detection, energy-resolving devices produce a spectrum by sorting events according to their measured energy, rather than merely counting occurrences or integrating total signal. The energy resolution, often expressed as the full width at half maximum ΔE at a reference energy, determines how well close-lying energies can be distinguished and is affected by noise, calibration, and detector design.
Principles of energy resolving rely on converting incident energy into a measurable electronic or optical signal.
Technologies that achieve energy resolving include superconducting transition-edge sensors and microcalorimeters, which operate at cryogenic temperatures
Applications span X-ray astronomy, nuclear and particle spectroscopy, materials analysis, and medical imaging modalities such as